Oceania Culture History and Archaeology

The archaeological investigations of the search for Amelia Earhart have found some positive evidence in Kiribati.

The Lapita face is an often-found motif on the pottery made by people who settled Oceania between 3400 and 2900 years ago. Researchers believe that at least in some cases, the Lapita face may be a representation of a green sea turtle.

News concerning and links to Australia's museums.

A site dedicated to Australian and Pacific archaeology, unconventional archaeology, prehistoric stone artefacts, and photographs of archaeological sites. From Australian National University.

An email discussion listed dedicated to archaeology in Australia.

The largest archaeological organisation in Australia, representing a diverse membership of professionals, students and others with an interest in archaeology. Site includes contents of Australian Archaeology, recent theses abstracts, books, links, contacts.

Founded in 1979 to establish, the AACA's purposes are to maintain and encourage adherence to professional standards and ethics and to maintain a register of consultant archaeologists. Contacts, information, rates, a bunch of info for contract archaeologists throughout Australia.

A new project from Flinders University using archaeological survey and GIS to document Indigenous and European cultural impacts on the landscape of the Adelaide Hills Face Zone.

In the dry and desolate Nullarbor Plain of South Australia, aboriginal peoples of 20,000 years ago took refuge in an enormous cave some 60 meters below the surface.

The Murray Black collection was a huge collection of human skeletal material in Australia, amassed in the 1940s and 1950s by G. M. Black.

From the University of Auckland, information about a long-term survey in the Solomon Islands, including several reports from fields seasons between 1996 and 2000.

The Sahul is the name given to the single Pleistocene-era continent which combined Australia with New Guinea and Tasmania.

Sunda is the name given to the amalgamated Pleistocene-age continent made up of Southeast Asia and Indonesian Islands.

A list of schools that award advanced degrees in archaeology to students, located in Australia and New Zealand.

A joint project by MacQuarie University and the University of Auckland, on to use "electronic survey equipment, portable and desk-top computers, and GIS software to map, document and analyse the distribution of Aboriginal stone artefacts and their interrelationships with physical landscape features".